n.

1. The state or time of being a woman.
2. The composite of qualities thought to be appropriate to or representative of women.
3. Women considered as a group: “The true worth of a race must be measured by the character of its womanhood” (Mary McLeod Bethune).

noun

Women in general: distaff, femininity, muliebrity, womankind, womenfolk. See gender.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: the state of being an adult woman
  Synonym: muliebrity

Meaning #2: women as a class
  Synonym: woman

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kvindelighed, kvinder

Nederlands (Dutch)
vrouwelijkheid, vrouwen

Français (French)
n. - féminité, les femmes

Deutsch (German)
n. - Weiblichkeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - γυναικεία φύση, οι γυναίκες

Italiano (Italian)
l'esser donna, femminilità

Português (Portuguese)
n. - condição de mulher (f), mulheres em geral (f pl)

Русский (Russian)
женская зрелость, женские качества, женственность, женский пол

Español (Spanish)
n. - condición de mujer, feminidad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kvinnlighet, kvinnosläktet

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
女人, 女人气质

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 女人, 女人氣質

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 여자임, 여자다움, 여성

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 女性であること, 女らしさ, 婦人, 女性

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) النسويه, الأنوثه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮נשיות, בגרות (נשית)‬

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